Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-25

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England now, ana L KNOW ,ne eng ,a 'sl
1 could measure MN ior MS se'u'oe1'
(shoes). lie knows nothng-notning- ne
understands ms snop, ne rs purieu IN n.s snup,
and can tninK Oh hotning eise. oone'ii,sa ne
goes away anu stares nls suop III o'hoi pio.e''
ana Duries himself In IL, anu niaAS na ny
shop, because he understands SHOPS. but II Is
all q question OF SHOPS, ana II tne SHOPS
abroad interfere with tne SHOPS al nome, OF
IL is thought that 1ney 40 whicn COMES " 'no
same tnihg' uheii Inc snops az ho,no pu. on
END 70 tne SHOPS ABROAD Dahi uney @n
great deal tnere IN England, put, az oie po',
tom Oh IL, u Is snop, snop, SHOP ihey ooin "a
honor, ana PATRIOTISM 700, OUT eney potn give
way 10 tne SHOP Anu oeh you chis, FRANK
Muller: 1t Is the shop that has made the Eng
lish, and it Is the shop that VIII destroy tnem-
Wen, 30 Do IT, we shan nave OUT SLICE
africa Ior tne Airicahaers ine iIaiS'aai
Tor the IransVaalers hist, tneh tne resi-
Shepstone was clever man; ne would nave
made 1t all INTO an Engllsh shop, Win tne
black men for shop boys. We have changed
all that, but we ought to be grateful to Shep
stone. The English have paid our debts, they
have eaten up the lulus, who would other
wise have destroyed us, and they have let us
beat them, and now we are going to have our
turn again, and, as you say, shall be the
first president.
"Yes, uncle" replied the younger man,
calmly, land shall be the second"
The great man looked at him. You are a
bold man" he said; "but boldness makes the
man and the country. I dare say you will.
You have the head; and one clear head can
turn many fools, as the rudder does the ship,
and guide them when they are turned /
dare saw that you will be president one cay
eyes, 1 shall be president, and when am
will drive the Enelishmen out of South Africa.
This | will do with the help of the Natal
Zulus Then l will destroy the natives, as
T'Chaka destroyed, keeping only enough for
slaves That is my plan uncle; it is good
onen
at is a big one; am not certain that it is
good one. But, good or bad, who shall
saya You may carry it out, nephew, if you
live. A man with brains and wealth may
carry out anything if he lives. But there is
God believe, Frank Muller, that there
| Is a God, and | believe that God sets limit
| to a mans doings. III he is going too far, God
kills him If you live, Frank Muller, you
will do these things but perhaps God will KID
| you. Who can say? You will do what God
wills, not what you will"
The elder man was speaking seriously now.
Muller feh that this was none Of the whining
| can't people In authority among the Boers
| find 1t desirable to adopt 1t was what he
| thought, and it chilled Null er In spite of his
| pretended skeptieisnl, as the sincere belief OF
an intellectual man, however opposite to our
| own, is apt TO chill US into doubt of ourselves
and our opinions. For moment his slunber-
| ing superstition awoke, and he felt half
afraid Between him and that bright future
of blood and power lay chill gulf Suppose
that gulf should be death, and the future
nothing but dream-or worsel His face
fell as the idea occurred to him, and the
| general noticed it.
| well, !" he went on, "he who lives viii see
Meanwhile you have done good service to the
state, and you shall nave your reward, cou-
SIN III am president ne iaid emphasis on